Fantasy Baseball Weekend Stockwatch: Blake Snell taking off again; Manny Machado, Anthony Volpe also resurgent

A pitcher who throws a no-hitter is almost certain kick off the Weekend Stockwatch , even if only to point out that his outlook didn't actually change with the performance.

But the pitcher in this instance is one whose outlook is constantly changing, Blake Snell . The reigning NL Cy Young winner looked like anything but for his first six starts, but then again, that's kind of how things played out for him last year ... and the year before ... and the year before.

To put actual numbers to it, here's how Snell has begun each of the past four seasons:

And here's how he's closed out each of the past four seasons:

This current season is still in progress, of course, but Friday's no-hitter completed what has to be one of the most dominant two-start stretches in major-league history. Snell's previous outing saw him strike out 15 over six shutout innings.

In fact, each of his past five starts has been "good," in a broad sense. So, then ... here we go again?